Elkoshite

plural Elkoshites · alternative Elkesite · alternative Elcesite · alternative Elkosite

1. biblicalA member of a minor biblical tribe mentioned in Nahum 1:1.

   The burden of Niniue: The boke of the viſion of Nahum the Elkoſhite.

   1568, The holie Bible, conteynyng the olde Tesſament and the newe, London: Richard Jugge, Nahum 1:1

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   The burden of Nineveh. The book of the viſion of Nahum the Elkoſhite.

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Nahum 1:1

   He gives himself the surname of the Elkoshite, which St. Jerome, in the preface to his comment on this prophet, derives from Eltegai, a village in Galilee, and the supposed place of his birth or residence.

   1808, John Aikin, Thomas Morgan, William Johnston, General Biography: Or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the Most Eminent Persons of All Ages, Countries, Conditions, and Professions, Arranged According to Alphabetical Order, volume 7, London: T. Devison, page 315

   We may here briefly refer to the probable identity of the Essenes and Therapeuts with the Elkoshites of Galilee, to whom the prophet Nahum belonged.

   1867, Ernest de Dunsen, The Keys of Saint Peter; or, the House of Rechab, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 202

   The prophet is described as the Elkoshite but as to where Elkosh was located we are ignorant. Tradition has assigned him to Alkush, twenty-six miles north of the ancient site of Nineveh, and a tomb there is reverenced as the tomb of Nahum.

   1948, John Paterson, Goodly Fellowship of the Prophets: Studies, Historical, Religious, and Expository in the Hebrew Prophets, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 109

   A prophecy concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

   2011, Biblica, Holy Bible: New International Version, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, →ISBN, Nahum 1:1